International Admission by Special Recommendation

1) Common Qualifications : Must fulfill ALL statements below

- Applicant and both of the parents must have citizenship of the recommending nation. (He/she must not have a Korean citizenship.)
- Received recommendation by the Head of the high school(college) and the Embassy.
- Applicant should be healthy enough to complete their study in Korea.
- Applicant should promote friendship between Korea and their home nation. (Priority is given to those who do not have any history of studying in Korea.)

2) Undergraduate Qualifications

- Applicant should be under the age of 25.
- Applicant must have completed or expected to complete regular school education from elementary to high school at the time of application.
- Applicant must have 80 or higher GPA percentage or be within the top 10% of school evaluation percentage.

3) Graduate Qualifications

- Applicant should be under the age of 40.
- Applicant should have obtained or expected to obtain a Bachelors or

Masters degree in the field of study.

- Applicant must have acquired 80 or higher GPA percentage of his/her previous course.
- The first priority is given to science and engineering.
- Applicant must be able to understand and communicate in Korean (Exception, Dept. Engineering all classes are taught in English)

5. Scholarships

One of the scholarship shown below will be given to the successful applicants depending on their academic performance.

 Admission Process and Deadlines

1) Submit ALL required documents & recommendation letter / by January 15th
2) Documents screening
3) Admission decision (Committee for the Admission by Special Recommendation)
4) Notification of Admission / by end of January
5) Issuance of certificate of Admission / early February
6) Classes Begin / March 2nd

8. Required Application Documents

1) Bachelor Course
- Recommendation Letter by the Head of the graduating high school (or college)
- Recommendation Letter by the Head of the Embassy
- KHU application form (Passport sized photo must be attached on the application form)
- An official authorization for inquiry into enrollment and academic credit
- A statement of purpose
- High school transcript and diploma(or expected)
- A certificate of Family registry or nationality
- Copy of Passport
- TOPIK Level 4 Score (if available)
- A TOEFL or IELTS Seore (if available)
- Supplement Application Material (if available) : Awards received during the secondary school

2) Masters & Ph.D Course

- Application Form for Graduate School Admission and Application for Admission with Two 3.5×4.5cm color photos
- One copy of Official Graduation Certificates, Degree Certificates
- One copy of Official Transcript(Bachelor and Master's transcript only required for Ph.D courses)
- Study Plan, written in Korean(Dept. Engineering in English)
- Recommendation Letter, written by supervising professor of the Kyung Hee University
- Recommendation letter, written by supervising professor which you graduated
- Recommendation Letter by the Head of the Embassy
- A copy of the applicant's passport
- One copy of document certifying family relation between the applicant and parents
- Letter of Informed Consent Document
- Additional Requirements Document
- TOPIK Level 4 Score (if available)
- A TOEFL or IELTS Seore (if available)
※ All documents not in Korean or English must be accompanied by certified English translations. Notarization is required only for languages other than Korean or English.
※ Admitted students should receive Level 5 of the TOPIK(Test of Proficiency in Korean) or hand out equivalent records after the admission.

9. Important Notes

1) If the Admission Committee of KHU decides that an applicant meets all criteria for admission except for the proficiency in the Korean language, the applicant may be admitted under special conditions. These students are required to take an intensive Korean Language Course until he/she will reach the TOPIK 4 level. While attending the Korean Language Course, he/she should take other academic courses according to the direction of CISS.

2) Admission documents for Bachelors and Masters, Ph.D Courses are different. Please reference the documents attached.

Contact Information

1) Seoul Campus

Bachelor Course

Office of International Affairs

Phone : +82-2-961-9286∼7
Fax : +82-2-962-4343
Email : ciss@khu.ac.kr

Address : Center for International Students and
Scholars, Office of International
Affairs, Kyung Hee University,
Hoeigi-dong 1, Dondaemun-gu,
Seoul, Korea (130-701)

Masters & Ph.D Course

Graduate School Administration Office

Phone : +82-2-961-0121~4
Fax : +82-2-967-6937
Email : khbs2000@khu.ac.kr

Address : Graduate School Administration
Office, Kyung Hee University,
Hoegi-dong 1, Dongdaemun-gu,
Seoul, Korea (130-701)

2) Global Campus

Bachelor Course

Office of International Affairs

Phone : +82-31-201-3177∼8
Fax : +82-31-201-3179
Email : intlctr@khu.ac.kr

Address : Office of International Affairs(College
of Art & Design Building #103),
Kyung Hee University, Seochun-dong
1, Giheung-gu, Yongin-Si,
Gyonggi-do, Korea

Masters & Ph.D Course

Graduate School Administration Office

Phone : +82-31-201-2135~6
Fax : +82-31-204-8118
Email : khwb6000@khu.ac.kr

Address : Graduate School Administration
Office, Kyung Hee University,
Seochun-dong 1, Giheung-gu,
Yongin-si, Gyonggi-do, Korea
(446-771)